Re: Bruins trade Kobasew
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:22 pm
ryfarls {l Wrote}:buconvict {l Wrote}:flyingelvii {l Wrote}:Have you ever watched Wides play? Judging from your constant ripping on him, I'm going to go with no. He is probably a top 20 defenseman in the NHL. Boyes is probably a top 20 forward in the league. Read any hockey writer and it's pretty much consensus that the trade was a win-win. Boyes fit the Blues open system and Wides fits Juliens defensive minded system. Please enlighten me as to why Wides is such a bad player aside from adding "FUCKING" to his middle name.
I'm going to assume the same with Aaron Ward. He's not that good anymore and Morris, who is better than Ward and has been adept on the PP, is a lot better.
I like Dennis Wideman. I just don't think that trading a guy who scored 40 goals last season for a 2nd line defenseman is a good trade. Frankly, I can't imagine anyone in the world would think that.
Brad boyes
gp g a p +-
2006-07 BOS 62 13 21 34 -17
2006-07 STL 19 4 8 12 0
2007-08 STL 82 43 22 65 1
2008-09 STL 82 33 39 72 -20
look at boyes' stat line in his last season with boston. he wasnt exactly lighting it up then. he didnt fit well in juliens system. Boyes' -20 last year isnt that appealing either. Wideman has easily been our 2nd best defenseman behind chara. hes been solid defensively and probably even better than chara at making the outlet passes out of the zone. its clearly been a win win for both the teams and the players.
Brad Boyes was on a shitty team last year, hence the -20. He also wasn't fully developed as a player. Also, Dennis Wideman is a second line defenseman. He isn't a starter. I cannot sit here and agree with you that it was a smart personnel decision to trade a player who has scored 76 goals in the past two seasons for a second line defenseman.